COLOMBIA

Colombia is the only Andean and South American country with ports and long coasts on both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Extending over both sides of the equator and the Andes, from sea level to permanently snow-covered peaks of nearly19,000 feet, Colombia has a wide variety of landscapes, climatic conditions, peoples, and types of settlement and economic activity.

Colombia borders Venezuela and Brazil in the east, Ecuador and Peru in the south, and Panama in the northwest. Its island possesions include the Malpelo, opposite its Pacific coast, and several small islands, coral reefs, islets and sandbanks (San Andres, Providencia, Serrana, Serranilla, and Roncador) in the Caribbean Sea.

GENERAL INFORMATION 
Area			1,141,748 sq. km 		(440,831 sq. mi.)
Capital City		Bogota
Gross National Product
per capita		$ 1,240 			(1988 estimate)
Currency unit		Peso
Population		31'820,000			(1990 estimate)
Density			64 persons/sq. mi.		(1986 estimate)
Urban-rural population	69.9% urban, 30.1% rural
Nartural increase	2.1%				(1985-1990)
Illiteracy rate		17.7				(1985 estimate)
Highest point		19,020 ft			(Pico Cristobal Colon)
Main cities		Medellin, Cali, Barranquilla, Bucaramanga
National Holiday	Independence Day, 20 July
Map of Colombia
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